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I started my working life being a support/sysadmin guy with a computing giant in Singapore. Needless to say, spending over three years in such an industry made me learn a few unconventional tips and tricks to rectify common computing problems. One tip I’d like to share here is on reviving a seemingly dead notebook battery.

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After moving HTNet to my new dedicated server, I needed to find out whether the domain has correctly pointed to the IP address of my the server. I was scouring the web for a tool that would help me query a few DNS servers around the world and report to me what they think is the IP address for my domain.

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The past few days have been quite hectic for me and it’s all related to servers!

• The database server at work suffered from a faulty processor on Awal Muharram (10th January, a public holiday in Johor) and the maintenance agreement for that particular server had expired. Luckily, it’s sorted out within a few hours and a replacement processor was installed.
• I’ve also taken on a project to set up a Linux web server for a medical supply company which needed to be delivered by the 11th. I manage to meet the deadline and the server is up and running right now.
• I’ve purchased a VDS to host some web sites including HTNet and there were some complications in the delivery. However, it’s all sorted now.

Touching on the last point, I’ve moved the content of HTNet onto this new server and if you’re reading this then you’re seeing the first post published on the new server

If you happen to find something strange when browsing HTNet, please let me know by commenting here. Thanks!

Intel and OLPC finally ended their relationship to working together to provide low cost computing for children the world over, especially those in not so privileged communities. Although I’m a full blown capitalist, I find it painfully astonishing that Intel chose to further their own business gains by competing, rather than contributing to a cause that they weren’t forced to participate in the first place.

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According to CNet News, Adobe and Yahoo! are working together on a solution to integrate contextual ads within a PDF document. The ads would be in text and rendered specifically at the right side of the document content. The article didn’t mention if there are any plans to expand the ad format to include images or videos.

So what do you think of this co-operation?

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